Yeah …. maybe those other people have lots of disposable income and don't need any more money but there are some of us that rely on a little extra passive income to pay the bills. Not sure why people get all bent out of shape with a few affiliate links. If you are doing a ton of hard work creating content here on Steemit and only earning a few pennies in Steem (like me) why not earn a little more old fashioned fiat cash from Amazon and AdSense ? Maybe if we all had a little extra fiat cash we could buy more Steem and help the Steem Blockchain ? I think people who complain about affiliate Ads are short sited and Envious. Ads are what make the Business world go round. Lucky for all of us Steemit.com discovered this last year and now have enough money to stay in business.